A Good Night Walk

by Elisha Cooper

Book Overview

Acclaimed author-illustrator Elisha Cooper paints the quiet magic of a good-night walk as the neighborhood settles into itself at the end of the day. As a child and parent walk down the block to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439687837
• ISBN13: 9780439687836
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

one of my favorites

This is a wonderful book -- beautiful, detailed illustrations with gentle wording. Unfortunately, it has a little more appeal to adults. When we received it as a gift, my husband and I liked it right away, but our older daughter (then 1 1/2) was not especially interested. Our younger daughter found it at a similar age and fell in love with it too, much to our delight. She enjoyed finding the small images in the pictures and following them throughout the story. To summarize, this is a great book but not sure to enchant every child. We've tried many of this author's books and this is by far the best.

Good Bedtime Story

Nice bedtime read. Liked how the pictures started out bright and get darker as evening approaches. Kids enjoyed it.

Wish I lived there...

The idea for this book is really genius, and the author has drawn such beautiful and nuanced images to convey the winding down of day. The pictures have an architectural feel that makes them seem more grown-up than the average good night book, and lots of interesting details to notice read after read. The only thing that keeps this book from being perfect, in my mind, is that the words don't quite match the lovely flow of the images. Still, a standout.

A Good Night Walk provides an easy view of evening

A child and parent take a walk down their street, enjoying the sights and smells of the evening, which is captured in simple one-line observations in A Good Night Walk. From neighbor activities to racing squirrels and boats on the bay, A Good Night Walk provides an easy view of evening.